The Dexes / Wildfire (Storm Events) / 919155
Eventdex · Wildfire (Storm Events)
SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY
919155
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| Event typeevent_type | Wildfire |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 919,155 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 152,444 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 2020-08-17T08:00:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 2020-09-01T07:59:00+00:00 |
| Statestate | CALIFORNIA |
| County/zone typecz_type | Z |
| County/zone namecz_name | SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY |
| Deaths directdeaths_direct | 0 |
| Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect | 0 |
| Injuries directinjuries_direct | 0 |
| Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect | 0 |
| Damage cropsdamage_crops | 0.00K |
| Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source | Fire Department/Rescue |
| Episode narrativeepisode_narrative | During mid August, moisture from tropical storm Fausto moved along the coast of southern CA and made landfall over central and northern California. This system, combined with the an oppressive high pressure system that had predominately dry air, caused widespread dry thunderstorms to develop. Thousands of lightning strikes occurred overnight, which combined with the critical dry fuels, led to massive wildfire development. The August, the North, the LNU, and SCU Complexes all started between August 15 and 17.||The August Complex is still ongoing as of October 29, is the largest fire in California history, and is spread across the county warning areas of weather forecast offices Sacramento and Eureka. One fatality and injury occurred on August 27 at the August Complex due to a vehicular accident, many structures were destroyed or damaged. ||The LNU and SCU complexes are mainly within the county warning area of weather forecast office Monterey; however, both fires spread into Sacramento's forecast area. ||The LNU Complex caused significant damage in Solano County, including 2 fatalities, the evacuation of Vacaville and Fairfield, and the closure of I-80. Yolo County was also affected by the fires and had evacuations and road closures. 3 Fatalities occurred in Napa County. It has been difficult to find detailed data, but there were 5 injuries that occurred, 4 civilian and 1 first responded. The LNU Complex finally becomes fully extinguished by October 1, 2020. ||The SCU Complex covered large swaths of land over Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Merced, and Stanislaus counties. Per the last CalFire incident update, 6 injuries occurred, 4 were first responder and 2 were civilian. The fires burned caused significant damage over the area. The SCU Complex finally becomes fully contained on October 1, 2020.||Finally, the North Complex was also started by lightning on August 17 at 8AM PST. It is still on going at the time of this preparation. Fire activity occurred for the month of August, but extreme grow of this fire would not happen until September. |
| Event narrativeevent_narrative | The LNU Complex started on August 17 and will eventually become contained on October 2, 2020. This fire ends up burning a total of 363, 220 acres, destroying 1491 structures, including an NWS COOP site, and damaging 232 structures. For Solano County, 42,00 acres were burned, 309 homes were destroyed, 854 structures were damaged, and 1,426 utility poles were replaced. Many evacuations occurred, including larger sized populations such as Fairfield, Vacaville, and Travis Air force Base. Multiple road closures happened as well, including Interstate 80 for a brief period. Finally 5 deaths, which are detailed and recorded as separate events, and 5 injuries happened because of the fire. Injury information has been hard to come by with the latest information being 4 civilian and 1 first responder injury. |
| Yearyear | 2,020 |
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